Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to weaker. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.21/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −74.04 against this barn's trailing median of $210.25.

Average price

$136.21

99 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$87

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3

$27.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.53

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	341	150.00	512	13thin
Medium and Large 1	476	137.78	656	47
Medium and Large 2	474	131.29	622	32
Medium and Large 3	488	122.57	598	7thin

One grade step is worth $27.43/cwt here — about −$87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.18, low $192.37, median $210.25 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale99 hd

136.21

—

AL average16 barns · 1,778 hd

127.68

+8.53

This barn, trailing median10 sales

210.25

−74.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,678	73.07	1,226	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,557	48.39	753	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	43.49	535	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	40.00	462	2thin

Every lot, as filed

64 lots · USDA AMS · Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	341	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	512	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	130.73/cwt	128.00–136.00	626	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	137.85/cwt	135.00–140.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	117.41/cwt	114.00–120.00	679	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	736	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	854	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,275	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	17,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	434	145.77/cwt	145.00–147.00	633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	370	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	1
Bulls	—	—	1,641	69.57/cwt	68.00–71.00	1,142	4
Bulls	—	—	1,696	74.82/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,269	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	131.77/cwt	127.00–135.00	681	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	141.06/cwt	137.00–145.00	660	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	970.00/cwt	970.00–970.00	12,610	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	995.00/cwt	990.00–1,000.00	11,194	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,015	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,896	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,050	917.00/cwt	917.00–917.00	9,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	127.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	916	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	13,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,065	1,065.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	11,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	118.39/cwt	116.00–120.00	482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	848	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	772	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	102.64/cwt	100.00–105.00	586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	106.78/cwt	105.00–110.00	545	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	114.46/cwt	112.00–116.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	115.98/cwt	115.00–117.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	124.44/cwt	122.00–126.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	114.30/cwt	112.00–115.00	653	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	51.23/cwt	50.00–52.00	775	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	45.56/cwt	44.00–48.00	729	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	462	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	50.96/cwt	50.00–52.00	613	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	45.99/cwt	45.00–48.00	586	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	149.21/cwt	146.00–152.00	539	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	120.79/cwt	120.00–122.00	635	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	39.88/cwt	37.00–42.00	479	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	595	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	116.45/cwt	115.00–118.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	145.17/cwt	142.00–152.00	604	16

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL

Tue Dec 10, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,131Last week 861Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 87Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 127Last week 177Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	102.00	102.00
7	—	479	128.00–136.00	130.73
6	—	422	135.00–140.00	137.85
5	—	578	114.00–120.00	117.41
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
2	—	320	155.00	155.00
5	—	361	146.00–152.00	149.21
5	—	526	120.00–122.00	120.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	341	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	100.00	100.00
5	—	555	123.00–125.00	124.00
9	—	517	127.00–135.00	131.77
14	—	468	137.00–145.00	141.06
1	—	365	157.00	157.00
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
16	—	416	142.00–152.00	145.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
1	—	445	128.00	128.00
1	—	595	112.00	112.00
2	—	488	120.00–125.00	122.54
2	—	523	115.00–118.00	116.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	736	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	116.00–120.00	118.39
5	—	571	100.00–105.00	102.64
15	—	510	105.00–110.00	106.78
2	—	362	125.00	125.00
2	—	640	100.00	100.00
4	—	461	112.00–116.00	114.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	112.00	112.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	95.00	95.00
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	118.00–120.00	119.01
2	—	513	115.00–117.00	115.98
2	—	605	102.00–105.00	103.51
4	—	413	122.00–126.00	124.44
16	—	571	112.00–115.00	114.30
1	—	755	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	145.00–147.00	145.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	133.00	133.00
4	—	557	125.00–130.00	127.53
7	—	677	115.00	115.00
1	—	465	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	123.00	123.00
11	—	633	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	136.00	136.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	970.00	970.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	990.00–1,000.00	995.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	917.00	917.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,065	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,065.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,641	68.00–71.00	69.57
8	—	1,696	73.00–78.00	74.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	50.00–52.00	51.23
4	—	1,600	44.00–48.00	45.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	40.00	40.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	50.00–52.00	50.96
7	—	1,274	45.00–48.00	45.99
9	—	1,201	37.00–42.00	39.88

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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